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PHILIPPINES: Week of Peace turns to ‘time of terror’
A missionary priest in the Philippines has described how Sunday Mass turned into a catastrophe yesterday (3rd…
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PHILIPPINES: #RedWednesday set to be official date in Church calendar
Catholics across the Philippines have received an official request from their bishops to mark #RedWednesday, after the…
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PHILIPPINES: Courage and faith celebrated as cathedral reopens
The reopening of a bomb-blasted cathedral in the Philippines, six months on from terror attacks which killed…
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BLOG: 6 things you need to know about the Church in the Philippines
Christianity was introduced to the Philippines by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan after arriving on the islands…
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PHILIPPINES: ‘Extremists want to divide faiths and provoke chaos in the country’, says cleric
Bomb attacks on Christian and Muslim communities in the Philippines are part of an attempt to incite…
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PHILIPPINES: Church calls for prayer and solidarity following bomb attack
An urgent appeal for prayers for the victims of yesterday’s terrorist attack on a cathedral in the…
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UK: Standing in solidarity with those suffering for their faith
People all across the UK took part in yesterday’s #RedWednesday – with cathedrals, churches, schools, colleges and…
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PHILIPPINES: Repairing faith relations must take priority over replacing our destroyed cathedral
New rehabilitation centre for Christians and Muslims kidnapped by Islamists Repairing inter-faith relations and rebuilding lives in…
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PHILIPPINES: “My destroyed cathedral can wait… We must first rebuild inter-faith relations”
A bishop in the Philippines, whose cathedral and home were destroyed by extremists, has stated that his…
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INTERNATIONAL: ACN Philippines to join UK in holding #RedWednesday events
Aid to the Church in Need in the Philippines will join ACN (UK) in holding #RedWednesday as…